LST-761; Marines Land On Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, 02/1945 (full)

Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. Naval Photographic Center film #10874. National Archives description "1) MS Bow section of LST-761, LVT pulling away. 2) MS Pontoon causeway on side of LST. 3) HA MS Marines aboard landing craft. 4) LS Iwo Jima, Mt. Suribachi; smoke rising from beach. 5) LS Heavy cruiser, camouflaged Thayer method, bombarding beach. 6) MS LVT underway toward beach; Iwo Jima, background. 7) LS PC-578 lying-to; LCVP alongside. 8) LS LVT heading toward beach loaded with marines; task force on horizon. 9) LS Tennessee Class battleship bombarding beach; LVTs, foreground. 10) LS Suribachi; LVTs heading for beach, foreground. 11) LS Battleship bombarding beach; smoke and balls of fire coming from turret as it fires. 12) LS Beach area at Iwo Jima, landing craft heading in. 13) HA MS Marines in LCVP, headed for beach. 14) LS Smoke coming from Suribachi, LCI foreground. 15) LS PAN Beach area, explosions, spray, background. 16) LS Iwo Jima beach, wrecked freighter, foreground. 17) LS Two LCTs advancing up beach. 18) HA LS Armored LVT on beach. 19) LS Marines advancing across volcanic ash. 20) MS Marines lying by pile of volcanic ash, hugging ground. 21) LS Marines move up behind embankment. 22) LS Marines move out at beachhead. 23) LS Armored LVTs moving over beach. 24) LS Two LVTs hitting beach. 25) LS LSM moves onto beach and drops ramp. 26) LS Sherman tank (with snorkel) moving over knoll, LSM background. 27) LS LST with bow doors open, Sherman tank off-loading, task force in bay, background. 28) LS PAN Marines lying on volcanic ash, pinned down by fire (SV). 29) MS LVT stuck on beach. 30) LS LCM approaching beach, amphibious force, background, anchored. 31) LS Two LCMs approaching beach, LCI anchored in bay, background, battleships way out. 32) HA MS CG enlisted men scraping and chipping paint on stern of LST. 33) LS Same as before, another LST, background, also a transport. 34) HA MS CG enlisted men buffing paint off deck of LST. 35) HA MS Enlisted men welding on a chock aboard LST, which is underway at sea; water, background; (SV) welder." National Archives Identifier: 78992

[silverliner]

Never saw before. My dad was on LST 761 and landed with the first wave. He must be somwwhere in this video.

[jameycosby]

Great footage. I have not seen this before.